About Us

The Zigen Fund promotes human-centered sustainable development, is a registered 501(c)3 tax-exempt nonprofit organization in the U.S. in 1988. A sister organization, China Zigen Association for Rural Education and Development, is among the first fully registered nonprofit organization in China in 1995. The two organizations cooperate to support grassroots efforts of the impoverished people for life improvement and sustainable local development. Other Zigen sister organizations, in Taiwan (1990), Hong Kong (1992, re-registered 2009) are also locally registered as non-profit organizations. The network of Zigen organizations conduct fundraising and outreach activities locally, and collaborate on program support in China.

Board of Directors

Lapyan Chan

Secretary

Project Manager, Shaw E&I, NJ

Vickie Liu Chen

Retired Bank CFO, Houston, TX

Lily Waiyee Lee

Professor, University of Pennsylvania

May Lee

Accouting Manager, Grandstream Networks Inc. Boston, MA

Bik-Lam Lee

Retired Hospital Administrator, Seattle, WA

Paul Lee

Professor, California State University, Los Angeles, CA

Terry Li

Retired Engineer, NJ

Shih-Chang Lu

Treasurer

Director of Financial Analysis & Budget, NRDC, New York, NY

Kwong-Bor Ng

President

Professor, Queens College, City University of New York

Andy Pao

International Business Consultant, Qualtech International LLC,
Stamford, CT